Yesterday... After the dog's bath. My wife ambled her way to the garage door. I let our dog down her ramp And out of the car. I watched our dog Follow her Momma To the door. While my wife unlocked the door I watched them both From the car. Both my girls. The Beauties I live for. My feelings in that moment Were all gratitude For it's simplicity Nothing else mattered. No event could eclipse That picture in my mind. That was all there was Right then. The expanse of my World, Was funneled Into 63 cubic feet. But those 63 cubic feet Were more expansive Than all the Universe. Only a fleeting cluster of photons, Filtered into an optic nerve, Gratitude distilled in a millisecond.